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This is article #3 in our Outsourcing Success series. In this short article, I want to run through some of the top questions to ask when selecting a software outsourcing team. Obviously, if you select the right team at the start, then the ongoing management of your outsourced software project becomes infinitely simpler! People often

This is article #2 in our Outsourcing Success series. It’s a vital early decision. Which country is going to be right for your outsourced development team? Each region has its own strengths and weaknesses that will shape the results you get. But which should you choose for which kind of software project? India leads the world

This is article #1 in our Outsourcing Success series. Before your software project can be taken to an offshore team for development, you need to tell them how to develop it. A vague notion – e.g. a cool app to keep track of your daily expenses – is not enough. Please read on to save

For the past several years, I’ve worked with and managed remote teams. There’s surprisingly little information on the topic available out there, so I decided to write this post to discuss the points and principles you need to know to when your team is physically based in a remote location. Location, Location, Location It’s not

Fear of events yet to happen is debilitating and dis-empowering. It keeps us from striving for and achieving otherwise erstwhile goals that we might otherwise accomplish, had we given them the opportunity. Over the years, I’ve experienced fear in many forms: Fear of physical injury, or even death Fear of losing loved ones, or at

In October 2016, I was fortunate enough to read The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington. It took me about three weeks to read it, cramming a few pages in here and there as and when I could, but it never lost my interest as I am a productivity hack geek

For years (and years!) I told everyone – including myself – that I was NOT a morning person! I would go to great, even extravagant, lengths to convince anyone and everyone that I was the ultimate “night owl”, able to stay up till the wee hours without a second thought, sometimes for weeks at a

15 years ago I played the controversial video game GTA Vice City. One of the in-game radio stations featured the song “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life”; here it is if you never had the pleasure of listening to this classic 😉 Using that song title as inspiration led me to the title of

During a recent personal goal-setting session, I decided I wanted to lift weights every weekday to, you know, pump up those guns a bit! 😉 From past experience , I know that the number one challenge most people face when setting such a goal is in actually finding the time to dedicate to it! I